Andrew Marvell – Biography
Biography The English poet and politician Andrew Marvell (1621-1678), one of the writers of the 17th century most admired by the 20th, composed
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John Dryden – Biography
Biography The English author John Dryden (1631-1700) is best known as a poet and critic. He also wrote almost 30 plays and was
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson – Biography
Biography Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in full Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson of Aldworth and Freshwater, (born August 6, 1809, Somersby, Lincolnshire, England—died October 6,
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John Donne – Biography
Biography John Donne, (born sometime between Jan. 24 and June 19, 1572, London, Eng.—died March 31, 1631, London), leading English poet of the Metaphysical school and
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D. H. Lawrence – Biography
Biography D.H. Lawrence, in full David Herbert Lawrence, (born September 11, 1885, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England—died March 2, 1930, Vence, France), English author of novels, short
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Alan Sillitoe – Biography
Biography Alan Sillitoe, (born March 4, 1928, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England—died April 25, 2010, London), writer, one of the so-called Angry Young Men, whose brash and angry accounts of
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William Shakespeare – Biography
Biography William Shakespeare, Shakespeare also spelled Shakspere, byname Bard of Avon or Swan of Avon, (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England—died April
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Uncle Ernest – Introduction to Literature
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The Rocking-Horse Winner – Introduction to Literature
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The Open Window – Introduction to Literature
The Open Window “My aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel,” said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; “in the meantime you
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